Pedal-pad.



G. H. RIVES.

`PEDAL FAD..

APPLICATmN FILED mm2-1.19m.

1,243,764. l Panama 0t..23,1917.

emmen. ams, on naw Yoan, N. Y.

runen-ran.

Specification u! Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

tenemos um :man 24, im. semi no. 15am.

T Q atl wftem t may concern,"

De it 'known that I, GEORGE HL Rivas, a

y citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented aoertain new and use ful4 Improvement in Pedal-Pads, of which the following is o. full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates moreparticularly t e Classof devices ada ted to* be used on automobiles, and has for its obect primarily ,to provide a pad, 'or cushion esgned to be applied on the foot pedal of the accelerator, orbrake mechanism of a vehicle whereby" the foot of a person may be prevented from tending to slip from the pedal when moved to operate the accelerator, or brake mechanism, and which is susceptible of be i tar ing made in diiferent sizes and sha es so as to be effectually used on pedals o various types. This is accomplished mainly by providing a cushion, 0r resilient pad adapted to be a plied on the pedal, and extending "through t ecushion may be one or a number of pliable metallic strips of lengths so that their ends protrude beyond the'cushion for .being bent into engagement viith the pedal for H removably attaching the thereon.- n f Other objects of the invention are to provideone or a number of projecting gripping members, or buttons on each strip so as to be 'embedded in' or to engage thepad; and to-provide on one or more parts of each cushion strip a series of teeth to cause the cushion to adhere thereto whereby the cushion will be prevented from tending to slip ,on the A `practical embodiment of the invention is-re resented in the accompanying .dravvmg 1 ormin art of thisnspeciication 1 n which sim' ar. aracters of reference; md1- cate corresponding .parts in all the views,

and Vwill -then be ointed out inn the claims at the. end of the escription In theV drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmenview showing a sldeelevation of a foot pe al with one form of the device embody- 1n my .inventionapplied thereon.

ig. '2 is aitop plan of the device.

,Fi 3 -is a' sectlonwtaken on the line III- I of Fig. 2.

Fi 4 is a to the evice.

of l and i `also embedded in, the

p panini, a different frm'of Fig. 6 is an edge view of one oi 'une me.

tallic strips employed in the device.

The device has a cushion, or pad .l0 made of rubber, or other material so as to yield under the pressure o f a personsfoot, and theV pad may be of any. suitable thickness as `well asbeing of any desired shape to conform Witl the shape .of varioustypes of the foot pedals, as 11, of the accelerators, or brakemechanisms of automobiles.

In Figs. 2, B'the pad 10 is shown as being substantially rectangular, and to detachably fasten the pad on a foot pedal a number of pliable metallic strips, as 12 and 13, may-be employed. When the pad is made of rubber these strips are embedded therein during its molding process so as to be disposed transversely through spaced parts vof'its center, and both strips are of lengths so' that theirA ends protrude some distenues beyond the .opposite edges lengthwise of. the pad.

. In order to holdthe strips 12 and 13 in the pad, or cushion against accidental displace ment as. well as tending to prevent the pad from slidably moving thereon, one or a number of gripping members, as 14, and 15, are provided on Veach' of the strips. These grip ping members maybe in the forms of but tons, or knobs, or pins project' preferabiy upwardly from spaced parts olfnie top faces of the strips, and these gripping members may be integral with each strip, or the members may be separately formed and fastened on the strips. When the pad with the holding strips are molded these gripping members, or .buttons will also be em* edded in the pad, and to further prevent the pad from tending to slidably `move accidentall on the Strips under the pressure of the oot cfa/person', rejecting from part ofthe top surface astve l as extending from a portion ofthe underside of each strip are a series of small teeth 16 and 17 which are u pad for causing it to adhere to the strips.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the pad,.or illustrated as being approximately oval in shape, and serving to permit thisV ad to be removably fastened on af footl eda a holding element, as 18, is provid 4, The holding element 18 is preferablyin the form' of integral strips, oflpliable 'metalftrranged in substantially the Y. four arms 19,720,521

jelenient Vis extend,

apeof4 a-,jexoss Atofprovide cushion 10' is l B A radially through the .edge ofthe [md-a8 Well es being of lengths so that their ends protrude son. distances beyond the pod.

Tit-is c-rzil pad, or cushion v410 iS held against afzimlentrtl movement on the Stri J by providing a number of gripping mem ers 23, 24, 25, zo lall of which may be in the orme of: buttons, or; knobs1 or pins similar to the gripping members ofthe device, Shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3, and one of the lnelnberrl extend upwardly from eueh of the arms of the holding element 18 as ivell as .being em -y bedded iny the pad. To also' sauge tho pad;

to adhere-to element 1S the top eurtace and the underside of the adjacent' p'nrts of the 'arins of this elen'ient are res'peiitively provided with. p rojecting'tceth, as 27 :xml2- 8., whirh may be Similarto the. ieth of the pliable holding strips of the form of the d erice indicated in Figs. 1, 2, '3, and these teeth E57. and 28 are sunken in the pad when made of rubber during' Avthe process of being molded.

ln order to apply the, (levier. tothe foot pedal of the accelerator, or brake meehgrnisln of :in automobil@ the pad l() is disposed on the top of the plate ofthe pedal so that the protruding;r ends ofthe holding stripeorerhang'the plate. Th'eSe ends of the stripsnre then bent over the edge of the plate so as to engage its' underside, and the vpad will then bev deti'ichibly clamped en thepedal for use to prevent 'the foot of the chauffeur'froin tendingr to slip from' thepedal when operat 'cushion for"being bent gs'o fas tdengage the pecl-.11 t'o releaeebl'y h 'ol'd' theV elishio'n thereon, and algripplngelement projecting frein ne ingy the accelerator, orbrk'e mechanism. 1n the fore oin''descri tlon I l1avelemb. .7

but I d o not wish be understood ne' 'limit ing lilyse'lf' there-t0, es. am aware that modi..

"make such ehangee fairly" fell" Wli'tlli'n.the

l. In deviceo 'the eliariletei'fideeeribed,

described my nennen, .1

face of the strip into the cushion onsecurfor securing. the .strip therein.

-l. In n deviee of tlmjiohnraeter deseriljed," a rubber pad adapted.to-:hcwappl-iedfon af' pedal, a` "pliable netnlllio istrip embodied i'n' the pad with parts piotrudingr -fljullllL l-ifpad for being' bent so as to engage the pp dnLto' l 10lunsab l)y hold the pad'therumi, -iiml teeth {weitet-Ling .f1-'emilie strip into' the body of." the Inulf'or sietil'rnLgf thestrip tl|:e| g1'.1,..v 4. In u devine of,t'herhamuter .dosel'ib'eL'L-i a rubber pad. adapted to" be applied ion .a 1 podaha plurality of .pliable iuetnllie stripeembedded in the. pad with. parts protruding: froin the pad for being bent so aSvto engage. the pedal to releasably hold the 'pad tlrelfoon, and teeth project-ing from each of the'strips- -into the hodjv of the pad ,for` securii'igthe stlipe therein,y mi. i

5-lna device of the ehnrae'ter desc-ribeih .a rubber .p.a d .:adaptedfto::be apl`lil 1 l;`onv a i pedal, ia. pliablev niet-allie.strip-embedded .inlv the pad with 1mrtsf'protriiding' from tlrepad. 85

for being bfntfvo as t'qengage .the pedl to.

strip therein, I.Ind teeth on the strip-.-` bedded in lthe body of thepad. i 6. ln n dergie 'the-: elmruet'er deseribed;,"' a ruhberlpnd. adapte-d vto'"be-'-applied on 'vnfl1 ..pedal,. a. plurality of. pliftblemetalle stiips .embedded in vthe-pad with .pur-ts protruding.' freinthe padjonb'eing bentlsolasgto 'engage thepedal .releaefablyA hold the .pad Lthereen, -spaed lgnobeprojetfing. from-felfsree @o .each strip into the body ofv the'p'ad for sf 'i' curing the strip "therein, :land 'teeth4 'onwtl j Ato in t 

